The first memories TallMan
has of his childhood are that of living on the streets of Winterhold
in the province of Skyrim. His parents he had never known. He did not
know anything about his parents or why they orphaned him at such a
young age. All he knew that he was a High Elf, and scum. That is what
the people of Skyrim called him because he had to beg for food,
clothes and money. This was at the age of seven.

He then became very
streetwise, and learned the art of thievery. Now it is well know that
High Elves are strong with magic, but TallMan never knew that.
Therefore he was never schooled in any magic, nor did he need it. He
relied on his wit and charm to get him out of sticky
situations.

He learned his
thievery skills from an old beggar named Gilish Dentyo. They became
best friends. TallMan's first attempt a stealing anything was at the
age of nine. He stole a piece of bread from a baker. He and Gilish
shared it. It was his first taste at success, and it was not his
last. For that day he felt like he was on top of the world, and he
and Gilish had a little party, the best that two beggars could have,
to celebrate his successful theft. Just when Gilish started to
congratulate TallMan, guards ran down their alley and grabbed Gilish.
TallMan yelled "What are you doing to my friend?" The guard responded
"He thieved a piece of bread from a local baker," and they took him
away.

That night TallMan
sobbed for hours. He was so sad. His best and only friend was gone
from his life. He thought his life would end. For two weeks he
grieved. Finally TallMan said to himself "I must go on," that was
Gilish's favorite line, he used it all the time. So TallMan decided
that he must use all the knowledge that he had received from Gilish,
on the skills of great thief, to make a living. He became very
successful.

At the age of
sixteen, he was already smuggling outlawed cursed weaponry into
Daggerfall. He had run into the guards many times, but being a master
of disguise and having super wits, he outsmarted the guards every
time.

Over time he learned
many skills. Such as the ability to hide, blend into a crowd, change
his accent, and from his travels all over the empire he learned quite
a few languages.

By the age of twenty
he was very well known in the underworld, as one of the best
smugglers in the empire. One day as TallMan was in the forest an
arrow flew by his ear, and stuck to a tree. It read:

TallMan,

We have heard about your
work. We are

very interested in your
work. We require

your services. We will
send a contact to

you at midnight tonight in
this very spot.

Please remember no one
says no to us.

The Brotherhood of
Thieves

What choice did he have?
So he waited, and at midnight under the same tree were he received
the letter a man in a dark cloak approached him and said "Greetings
TallMan. We need you to do a small favor for us." TallMan then said
"What's in it for me?" The cloaked man replied "You get to keep your
life." TallMan gave him a long look, and then said "You got yourself
a deal."

They then went into
the details of the plan. TallMan knew this would be the hardest
smuggling job he had ever had. His job was to enter the Imperial
Palace in the Imperial City, capital of the empire, and get into the
dungeon and smuggle out the prisoners that the Brotherhood wished. It
was a long list, but TallMan knew he could do it. Or die
trying.

TallMan then spent
the day figuring out how he could pull this off. He spent a few days
observing the Imperial City and Palace. He noticed that every day a
wine cart would go to the palace and drop off a shipment. So he
planed to hijack the wine cart, take it into the palace and replace
the wine with prisoners and return outside the city. It was much
easier said then done.

It was the day he
was going to carry out his plan. He easily hijacked the cart. He
knocked out the driver and tied him to a tree in the forest. He then
made his way into the Imperial City.

The guards did not
question that he was the daily wine carter. So TallMan easily made
his way into the city. The palace gates were not as easy to get into,
but with his streetwise skills he easily talked his way past the
guards. He then proceeded to the rear of the palace.

Near the very back
of the palace he saw a stone that looked a bit out of place. So he
pushed on it, and a secret door and it led into the dungeon. He saw
only one guard in the dungeon hallway and he was passed out from
drinking a special blend of dwarvish wine. Who can blame him. Well
TallMan easily took the keys from him and found all the cell's of the
prisoners he needed to rescue. There were ten in all. TallMan then
led them outside.

Now in the light he
looked at one man in particular. The man looked oddly familiar. So
TallMan talked to him for a minute, until about ten guards spotted
them. Do not ask me how they got out of that jam but they did.

Well TallMan headed
out of the palace with his barrels full of prisoners. He got through
the palace gates with no trouble, but heading toward the city gates
he knew there would be trouble.

A guard discovered
that ten prisoners had gone missing, they were the ten best thieves
in all the empire. He related the news to the town gate keeper to
check all carts leaving the city.

TallMan hoped to get
though the gates without being stopped but he was. The guard said
"Stop in the name of the Emperor." TallMan then said in a old sickly
accent "I am just the transporter of Dwarvish wine, I have done
nothing wrong." The guard then told him of the missing prisoners. "So
you see why we have to do this" the guard said, as he thrust his
sword into one of the ten barrels. All that came out was Dwarvish
wine. TallMan then said, in that old sickly accent "Why did you do
that to my fine wine?" "We are sorry" said the guard "You may
continue on your journey." TallMan then picked up the speed of his
horses and rode off very fast into the woods. For he knew that the
guards would be out in full force very soon.

Back in the city ten
guards on horses came flying through the streets heading strait for
the gates yelling "Open the gate in the name of the Emperor! The
thieves were on that wine cart!" So the guard opened that gate and
let the ten horse riding guards through.

TallMan heard the
sounds of the horses coming. He tried to pick up speed but it was no
use. He kept looking over his shoulder to see how much the guards
were gaining on him. They were now right on top of him and forced him
to stop.

TallMan got down off
the cart and the guards got off their horses. They were in fact not
guards at all but the ten prisoners disguised as guards. TallMan then
went up to the one that looked so familiar and hugged him. It was
Gilish his best friend. They talked for hours. Then Gilish told
TallMan "I am sorry my friend but I must go my people need me." "Your
people?" asked TallMan. "Yes" said Gilish "My people, The Brotherhood
of Thieves. I am their leader." This shocked TallMan. After long
goodbyes Gilish was out of TallMan's life again.

The days past and
TallMan kept up the smuggling. He slowly started to think about life.
Is this all there is in life? He wondered.

One day TallMan was
walking through one of the empires many forests and he came across a
tavern. So he stepped inside. People were chatting. It was a very
nice place. So he struck up a conversation with a few people. He met
two people that interested him. Their names were Baylee and Iceman.
They belonged to a guild named the Crimson Blades.

Later in the evening
TallMan met a man by the name of Lord Reuther. They quickly became
best friends. They would talk for hours on end, about everything and
nothing all at the same time.

After a few weeks in
the tavern TallMan realized that a guild could be his answer to
getting away form the smuggler's life. So he and Lord Reuther joined
the Crimson Blades.

TallMan rose in rank
to the position of Gallant. There was a war going on at the time
between the Crimson Blades and this other guild with the name War
Angels. Also there was an internal war going on in the Crimson
Blades. It was about this man they called Skyhopper. A few of the
Crimson Blades made him out to be this horrible man. TallMan fell for
this propaganda.

During this time
TallMan met many friends. One of his best was named Nefer. They hit
it off right away. They both had many of the same like and dislikes.
She was a great friend. TallMan still wanted to know more about this
Skyhopper character. He did not know much about Skyhopper or what was
going on with him, only what the Crimson Blades would tell him. So he
decide to use his skills that he had learned from all those years of
smuggling.

He disguised himself
and did some research into the Skyhopper affair. He soon discovered
that Skyhopper was a gentlemen and a scholar. He had his own guild by
now, The Phoenix Dawn. TallMan then decided he like the look, setup,
and feel of the Phoenix Dawn much more than the Crimson Blades. He
spoke with his friend, 1st Officer to Skyhopper, Kittara and she was
offering him a position of Bosun. He accepted.

So TallMan left the
Crimson Blades for the Phoenix Dawn. Many of his Crimson Blade
friends were upset, but his mind was made up. So he left the rank of
Gallant at the Crimson Blades for the rank of Bosun at the Phoenix
Dawn.

TallMan was one of
the best crewmen the Phoenix Dawn had, and before long he was
promoted to 2nd Officer of the Phoenix Dawn.

The Phoenix had many
sailing adventures, which TallMan was a part of. His wit and skills
saved them on more than one occasion. He loved every minute on the
Phoenix Dawn.

One day while
chatting in the tavern, which he grew to love, in walked Admiral
Skyhopper, and TallMan was given his own ship, named the Privateer's
Folly, in the new fleet called the, Privateer's Guild. He was now a
Captain. He never thought he would be come a Captain of a ship when
he was a beggar as a child, but now it had happened.

Now TallMan set out
on his own sea adventures with his crew. They had many adventures.
TallMan's wit and thievery skills helped on their adventures several
times.

When TallMan
returned with his crew from their latest adventure on evening they
discovered war had broken out at the tavern again. The War Angels
were behind it again. On one occasion TallMan had to save one of his
good friends from them. Her name was White Vixen. She was the
daughter of Luthien. TallMan's own guild was fighting with the War
Angels even though her ordered them to stop. Again TallMan was
questioning if this was the right guild for him.

One day while on a
mission to find an artifact, TallMan came across a guild hall. He
stopped inside and looked around it was called the Eldarin Corin or
Elven Circle. He once again met Beren. They got to talking he liked
Beren and the guild. They were a peaceful guild. At that moment
TallMan realized this is what he had been searching for. A peaceful
place with his own kind, the elves

All his life TallMan
had it hard. When he finally was accepted into the Eldarin Corin it
was the greatest day of his life. He knew that he finally achieved
success. No he was not going to leave the Privateer's Folly. He would
continue to be the captain, but now with the Eldarin Corin he had
that same feeling of success he had felt on that day at the age of
nine when he stole a piece of bread.